Historical Aspects of Mindfulness and Self-Acceptance in Psychotherapy

Dryden, Windy and Still, A.. 2006. Historical Aspects of Mindfulness and Self-Acceptance in Psychotherapy. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 24(1), pp. 3-28. ISSN 08949085 [Article]

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We describe some of the historical conditions that made possible Kabat-Zinn’s [(1990). Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. New York: Delacorte] very successful use of mindfulness in his stress management program. The ground had been prepared by the nonjudgmental acceptance of people and symptoms by Humanistic psychotherapists, and by the increasing assimilation of Buddhist ideas into Western psychology and psychotherapy. In addition the word “mindfulness,” as the translation of the Pali sati, came to refer to both the manualized practice that provides the evidence for its efficacy in the hands of Kabat-Zinn and others, and the more complex process of clear comprehension and recollection that is described in his more discursive writings, and is similar to Ellen Langer’s use of “mindfulness” in her book of that name.

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Article

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-006-0026-1

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS)

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March 2006Published

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1872

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12 Mar 2009 15:42

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10 Jul 2017 08:37

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Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/1872

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